Pub employee applauded for drunk driver action
by XPolice | Jan 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
A worker at a downtown Huntsville pub was complimented in court for taking action against an impaired driver. A local man learned not to test downtown pub employees. On Jan. 21 a 23-year-old man pleaded guilty in the Huntsville courthouse to a drinking and driving...
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